Pregnancy & Childbirth

What the research does (and doesn’t) say about how to have your healthiest pregnancy, labor, and birth, plus answers to your questions about unmedicated labor.

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tubal factor infertility, fallopian tube infertility, blocked fallopian tubes, fallopian tube occlusion, fallopian tube surgery, how to fix tubal factor infertility,

April 29, 2025

What you should know about tubal factor infertility

Causes and treatment options

byElizabeth Wescott, PhD

fallopian tubes, fallopian tube occlusion, fallopian tube blockage, fallopian tube conception, fallopian tube job, why do we have fallopian tubes, fallopian tube removal, salpingectomy, fallopian tube endometriosis,

April 26, 2025

Fallopian tubes primer: Why we have them and what can go wrong

(and where conception actually happens!

byElizabeth Wescott, PhD

third stage of labor, birthing the placenta, delivery of the placenta, placenta active management, placenta expectant management, placenta mixed management,

April 22, 2025

Birthing the placenta: the third stage of labor

Should you opt for active, mixed, or expectant management?

byMadison Ayers

C section long term effects, Cesarean section long term effects, Cesarean sections effects baby, C sections effects baby, C section long term impact, C section health risks baby, C section obesity, C section atopy, C section hay fever, C section asthma,

April 17, 2025

How can Cesarean birth impact children long-term?

What we know about the link between C sections and obesity, atopy

byMarianne Swingle

metabolic syndrome fertility, metabolic syndrome infertility, metabolic syndrome male infertility, metabolic syndrome female infertility, can metabolic syndrome make you infertile,

April 12, 2025

What is metabolic syndrome and how can it affect fertility?

The good news: It's reversible

byMadison Ayers

endocrine disrupting chemical male fertility, endocrine disrupting chemical infertility, endocrine disrupting chemical male infertility, endocrine disrupting chemical male factor infertility, endocrine disruptor male fertility, endocrine disruptor male infertility, BPA male fertility, parabens male infertility, phthalates infertility, phthalates male infertility,

April 10, 2025

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: How do they affect male fertility?

What we know about BPA, phthalates, parabens

byMelayna Alicea

diastasis recti, ab separation during pregnancy, diastasis recti treatment, diastasis recti diagnosis, how do you know you have diastasis recti, what causes diastasis recti,

March 27, 2025

A primer on diastasis recti

What you need to know about pregnancy-related ab separation

byMelayna Alicea

C section antibiotic obesity, cesarean section antibiotic obesity, cesarean section obesity, cesarean section infection,

March 25, 2025

Can antibiotics lower C-section rates for women with obesity?

Promising research from the University of Oklahoma

byMarianne Swingle

constipation, prevent constipation naturally, treat constipation naturally, pelvic floor therapy constipation, massage constipation, ILU massage constipation,

March 22, 2025

Can massage or pelvic floor therapy relieve constipation?

Looking beyond laxatives

byMelayna Alicea

paternal postpartum depression, postpartum depression in father, postpartum depression in dads, dad postpartum depression, can dads have postpartum depression, can a dad get postpartum depression, how to treat postpartum depression in dads,

March 11, 2025

Can dads experience postpartum depression, too?

Hint: The answer is yes!

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, HIV transmission, HIV mother to baby,

March 1, 2025

What you need to know about HIV

And why it continues to ravage Africa

byRebekah Valderrama

morning sickness, morning sickness remedies, morning sickness tips, morning sickness treatment,

February 27, 2025

Ten remedies for morning sickness

DYK eating cold and/or sour foods might help?

byMadison Ayers

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Pregnancy & Childbirth

Subcategories

What you should know about tubal factor infertility

Fallopian tubes primer: Why we have them and what can go wrong

Birthing the placenta: the third stage of labor

How can Cesarean birth impact children long-term?

What is metabolic syndrome and how can it affect fertility?

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: How do they affect male fertility?

A primer on diastasis recti

Can antibiotics lower C-section rates for women with obesity?

Can massage or pelvic floor therapy relieve constipation?

Can dads experience postpartum depression, too?

What you need to know about HIV

Ten remedies for morning sickness